Production of Methyl-Iodide in the Environment

Eva Duborská; Katarína Balíková; Michaela Matulová; Ondřej Zvěřina; Bence Farkas; Pavol Littera; Martin Urík

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.804081

Production of Methyl-Iodide in the Environment

Front Microbiol. 2021 Dec 23:12:804081. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.804081. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Eva Duborská¹, Katarína Balíková¹, Michaela Matulová¹, Ondřej Zvěřina², Bence Farkas¹, Pavol Littera¹, Martin Urík¹

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Laboratory Research on Geomaterials, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.
² Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia.

Abstract

Iodine is an essential micronutrient for most of the living beings, including humans. Besides its indispensable role in animals, it also plays an important role in the environment. It undergoes several chemical and biological transformations resulting in the production of volatile methylated iodides, which play a key role in the iodine's global geochemical cycle. Since it can also mitigate the process of climate change, it is reasonable to study its biogeochemistry. Therefore, the aim of this review is to provide information on its origin, global fluxes and mechanisms of production in the environment.

Keywords: biogenic methyl-iodide; biomethylation; iodide; iodine; volatilization.

Publication types

Review